Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron vs MG S6 EV

The Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron costs £33,480 more than the MG S6 EV. For that premium it adds 62 miles more WLTP range, 120 kW faster peak rapid charging and 105 kW more power. The MG S6 EV is not just cheaper - it also offers 163 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron comes out ahead overall.

The MG S6 EV is £33,480 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £176 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MG S6 EV comes out roughly £33,440 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 325 miles for the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron and 232 miles for the MG S6 EV - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron goes roughly 93 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 22 minutes in the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron and 38 in the MG S6 EV, so the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron loses less time at each stop. That makes the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron the stronger long-distance car.

The two are within 27 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 488 mm of total clearance for the MG S6 EV and about 461 mm of total clearance for the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron. The MG S6 EV also turns in a 1.0 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron and 84% for the MG S6 EV. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.